A space-based alternative Internet designed to evade censorship. The plan envisions a fleet of several
hundred cubesats broadcasting web content—from news to MOOCs—to anyone with Wi-Fi, though
the interactivitywill be limited (no uploads).

superhabitable

adj. / 'sü-p r-'ha-b -t -b l /

More amenable to life than Earth. Superhabitable planets are slightly
larger than ours, with shallow seas to nurture biodiversity and strong magnetic fields to shield life
from cosmic radiation. Hypothetically, theyorbit small orange stars like Alpha Centauri B.

big code

n. / 'big 'kōd /

A large-scale repositoryof the software powering Big Data. Darpa is financing a program to study big
code in an efort to build software that’s less vulnerable to errors and security threats.